/KASE, May 4, 09/ - Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE) determined top
operators of Kazakhstan foreign currency market in May 2009 (with no account
of the Kazakhstan National Bank).
24 second-tier banks and 1 investment company made deals on KASE in
May. The "top-10" KASE category "B" members (all headquartered in Almaty) are
specified in the table. The "top-10" constituted for 65.6 % of trades volume on
the exchange foreign currency market.
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Rank in:
--------- Calculation
расчета Ka:
KASE member Activity --------------
May Apr. short indicator ---- ---- ----
2009 2009 name (Ka) V N D
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1 2 Kazkommertsbank 1.56 0.66 0.48 0.95
2 4 Citibank Kazakhstan 1.53 0.54 0.62 1.00
3 1 Subsidiary Bank 1.50 0.45 0.85 1.00
RBS (Kazakhstan)
4 6 Subsidiary of BTA Bank 1.34 0.48 0.20 1.00
Temirbank
5 8 Bank CenterCredit 1.26 0.30 0.54 1.00
6 3 Halyk Savings Bank 1.20 0.29 0.38 1.00
of Kazakhstan
7 7 BTA Bank* 1.15 0.42 0.33 0.79
8 5 HSBC Bank Kazakhstan 1.085 0.18 0.49 0.95
9 9 Nurbank 1.079 0.16 0.39 1.00
10 11 Kaspi Bank 1.01 0.19 0.22 0.95
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* KASE market maker on USD
The "top-10" newcomer relative to April 2009 is Kaspi Bank, having replaced
Eurasian Bank (the tenth in April).
Below is the table of the most active KASE category "B" members for initial five
months of 2009. 26 second-tier banks and 1 investment company made
deals in the period. The "top-10" constituted for 61.3 % of trade volume on the
exchange currency market.
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Activity Calculation
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base Ka:
Indicator ---- ---- ----
Rank KASE member short name (Ka) V N D
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1 Kazkommertsbank 1.52 0.58 0.52 0.98
2 Nurbank 1.27 0.34 0.45 0.99
3 Halyk Savings Bank
of Kazakhstan 1.204 0.27 0.45 1.00
4 Subsidiary Bank 1.197 0.25 0.49 1.00
RBS (Kazakhstan)
5 BTA Bank 1.17 0.34 0.34 0.91
6 Citibank Kazakhstan 1.05 0.18 0.32 0.96
7 Eurasian Bank 1.0069 0.10 0.35 1.00
8 Bank CenterCredit 1.0065 0.14 0.27 0.98
9 HSBC Bank Kazakhstan 1.00 0.10 0.36 0.98
10 Subsidiary of BTA Bank 0.95 0.17 0.10 0.94
Temirbank
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KASE draws attention that it ranked foreign currency market operators, as in the
tables, according to the KASE internal document "Methodology of Kazakhstan
Stock Exchange Members Activity Indicators Calculation of (Methodology)
with account to principle amendments made by the KASE Board decision of
February 23, 2009.
The text of the Methodology is available on KASE website at address
http://www.kase.kz/files/normative_base/members_activity_eng.pdf
[2009-06-01]